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OptiNet and LEED NC 2.2 - Achieving Cost Effective LEED-NC Credits with the OptiNet Facility Monitoring System

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A Review of the Unique Requirements for a Facility Monitoring System - There are many approaches to facility monitoring, however there are four key items all Facility Monitoring Systems should embody.

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A Healthier, More Energy Efficient Approach to Demand Control Ventilation - Why traditional approaches to DCV have failed in the past, and how OptiNet overcomes these barriers.

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Dynamic Variation of Laboratory Air Change Rates:
A New Approach to Save Energy and Enhance Safety

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OptiNet Structured Cable High Performance Air and Data Communications Cable Enabled with Nanotechnology

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New!  Demand-Based Control of Lab Air Change Rates - by Gordon P. Sharp.  Article featured in the February 2010 issue of ASHRAE Journal

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A Comprehensive Review of the IEQ and Energy Savings Impact of Dynamically Varying Air Change Rates in Labs and Vivariums (3mb) - ALN® Magazine article by Gordon P. Sharp
 view/download a low-res version of the above article - 890kb

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Dynamic Variation of Lab Air Change Rates - ALN® Magazine article by Gordon P. Sharp

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Outside Air Economizers in Data Centers - ASHRAE Journal - With the large energy use and costs associated with data centers, the incentive to find ways to reduce the staggering costs of operating these facilities is huge. Outside air economizers provide one of the best ways of reducing these costs.

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Cut Costs By Controlling Airflowby Frank Tranknyak, P.E., Smith Seckman Reid - Reprinted with permission from Engineered Systems magazine.

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Demand Control Ventilation by Kurt W. Roth, Ph.D., Associate Member ASHRAE, John Dieckmann, P.E., Member ASHRAE, and James Brodrick, Ph.D., Member, ASHRAE

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Validation and Analysis of a Multipoint Monitoring System for Indoor Air Pollutants - Independent critique of the pre-release version of OptiNet.

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Optima Building Performance Reports Statistical Analysis - A review of data from 276 buildings indicates that over ventilation is more than four times as common as under ventilation, among other findings.

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